Post #422,636
2/15/18 10:10:10 AM
2/15/18 10:10:10 AM
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Waiting for my cardiac stress test
1st they inject radioactive solution. They say: No reaction to this is expected. Bullshit. Pain in both arms and chest. Waiting 45 minutes for them to take "resting" pictures.
Then the fun begins. They will shoot me up with something to dilate my heart. Possible side effect: Stroke, heart attack, death.
If I don't post in the next week I'm dead. Raise a glass, smoke what you enjoy, and laugh about me for a bit.
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Post #422,637
2/15/18 10:16:14 AM
2/15/18 10:16:14 AM
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Can I laugh about you now?
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Post #422,638
2/15/18 10:18:55 AM
2/15/18 10:18:55 AM
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Yup.
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Post #422,641
2/15/18 11:48:45 AM
2/15/18 11:48:45 AM
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Survived
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Post #422,642
2/15/18 11:57:57 AM
2/15/18 11:57:57 AM
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Good! Hope the results are good as well.
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Post #422,647
2/15/18 3:32:34 PM
2/15/18 3:32:34 PM
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Dunno, gotta wait
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Post #422,646
2/15/18 3:00:59 PM
2/15/18 3:00:59 PM
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Relieved.
Regards, -scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
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Post #422,654
2/15/18 6:16:02 PM
2/15/18 6:16:02 PM
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hope the results are good
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
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Post #422,670
2/17/18 9:46:01 PM
2/17/18 9:46:01 PM
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Let us know how it goes.
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #422,674
2/18/18 8:20:58 AM
2/18/18 8:20:58 AM
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No doc contact yet
Test on Thursday. Figure if I didn't get an immediate call no crisis. I'll call on Tuesday to check.
Bottom line is I have a genetic illness that creates abnormal collagen. There are a bunch of variations, but if I had the one that focuses on the heart I'd be dead 30 years ago. Mine is basically hypermobility, I stretch like a circus freak. And then dislocate like a poorly bred german shepherd. A plus is it is the basis of my intelligence level.
I have a new doc, he reads up, panics on the heart possibility, sends me to the cardiologist. He hears a murmur, sees my ekg is "interesting" (I've had multiple docs says I was the most interesting patient they've ever met) and calls for the stress test and echo cardiogram.
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Post #422,694
2/21/18 6:15:34 PM
2/21/18 6:15:34 PM
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All good
I get to abuse my body for a few more years.
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Post #422,695
2/21/18 6:23:20 PM
2/21/18 6:23:20 PM
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Excellent. Enjoy!
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Post #422,709
2/24/18 10:58:46 PM
2/24/18 10:58:46 PM
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Superb!
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Post #422,712
2/25/18 4:54:54 AM
2/25/18 4:54:54 AM
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Marvellous news.
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Post #422,713
2/25/18 8:26:44 AM
2/25/18 8:26:44 AM
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Abuse ..wisely.
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